Taking the Higher Road

Taking the Higher Road

The expectation for expansion in cities has grown as the construction of skyscrapers and roads have increased. Currently, roads in developed urban environments have two options: go underground or cut through areas above ground. There’s already an underground freeway in this particular area. So the new “road” had to be built above the established one in an intricate serpentine pattern. This photograph captures a small part of the urban scenery that discovers new and unpredictable architectural aesthetics. tj

Producer, Author and Photographer Hiroyuki Suzuki has produced many Junko Koshino Fashion Collections in Paris, Beijing, New York and the opening dinner event of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2008. A Tokyo Journal columnist, he is also the author of Yuki et Maria, which is the sequel to the opera Madam Butterfly, I Am Myself Promise and A Moment. He began his career as a photographer in 2006 and the core concept of his photography is A Moment. He has photographed construction sites around the world including the Metro of Dubai, Tokyo International Airport, the Tokyo Gate Bridge, the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway and the renovation of Tokyo Train Station. His photograph exhibitions have been held in Washington, D.C., Shanghai, Beijing and numerous locations throughout Japan.